NHLBI Online Catalog

As more health information is delivered digitally, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has greatly enhanced its digital content offerings, including educational videos, digital tools, and downloadable publications. Currently, all NHLBI health information materials, from systematic evidence reviews to fact sheets, are available for download through our Online Catalog.

In addition, limited quantities of print materials are available free of charge from the NHLBI Center for Health Information (CHI), which is the new name for the NHLBI Health Information Center. Our enhanced Online Catalog is currently under development. Materials can still be downloaded but to order print publications, you can reach the NHLBI CHI between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday (excluding Federal holidays), by telephone at 301-592-8573, or email at nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov.

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2011 National Institutes of Health Sleep Disorders Research Plan (11-7820)

The National Institutes of Health 2011 NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan identifies research opportunities to be pursued over the next three to five years in order to spur new approaches to the prevention and treatment of sleep disorders. Recommended research initiatives include looking at the connection between sleep and circadian systems (the body's natural 24-hour cycle), studying the influence of genetic and environmental factors that could influence a person's sleep health, and conducting more comparative effectiveness trials to improve treatments for sleep and circadian disorders.

A Breath of Life: Asthma Control for My Child (14-7952)

Designed to help promote and teach a 6-lesson course on asthma management and control specifically created for the Latino community. Content is based on the NHLBI National Asthma Education and Prevention Program's updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Includes culturally appropriate teaching scripts, learning activities, and reproducible handouts. Interactive activities use role play, problem-solving, and discussion to help reinforce the material. Latino role models and family contexts appear throughout. Designed to be used with the picture cards (14-7953). Available in Spanish and English.

This teaching tool includes colorfully illustrated flip chart pages and tabletop stand, with pictures that are keyed to teaching activities in the promotores manual. As participants view each picture, talking points on the reverse side help the leader explain facts and reinforce key asthma management and control messages. Can also be used alone for talks on asthma. Bilingual Spanish/English.

A Century of Progress: Milestones in Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care (10-7657)

This booklet is part of the 100 year anniversary celebration of the discovery of sickle cell disease by Dr. James B. Herrick. It provides a chronology of landmark events marking the major advances in research and treatment related to sickle cell disease, along with background information on the condition.

A Pocket Guide to Blood Pressure Measurement in Children (07-5268)

This laminated card provides health care professionals with guidance on measuring blood pressure in children 3 - 17, as well as interpreting and classifying results. Separate Systolic Blood Pressure Percentile Tables are presented for Girls and Boys by age and height.

A Pocket Guide to the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of von Willebrand Disease (08-5833)

The new Clinical Practice Guidelines provide the complete and authoritative presentation on the causes, diagnosis and treatment of the common, inherited bleeding disorder known as von Willebrand Disease. This is the first-ever evidence-based presentation by NHLBI on this topic, and the first ever prepared in the United States. This handy pocket guide, derived from the Full Report, is ideal for health professionals to use as an on-the-go reference. Deals with initial screening, diagnosis, and management for patients with the disorder; along with directions for future research and recommendations for training for health professionals.

This laminated reference card is a must for busy health care providers. On one side, it includes quick, at-a-glance guidelines on how to assess, classify, and treat (ACT) overweight and obese patients. On the reverse side, it includes a BMI Table to assess your patient's body weight.

Aim for a Healthy Weight - Facts About Healthy Weight (06-5830)

Looking for quick information about weight management? This fact sheet contains highlights from the "Aim for a Healthy Weight" booklet, including information about weight-loss goals and tips on healthy eating and physical activity. Also available as part of The Aim for a Healthy Weight Provider Kit.

Aim for a Healthy Weight Patient Booklet (05-5213)

This booklet for adults contains practical, easy-to-use information about how to reach and maintain a healthy weight - including tips on healthy eating and physical activity. Also includes information about weight-loss medicine and surgery, as well as portion and serving size information, sample reduce-calorie menus, tips on dining out, a sample walking program, a weekly food and activity diary, and more.

You can't always control the food portions served to you, but you can control how much of a portion you eat. This guide will help you assess food portions and meet your healthy eating goals. Folds down to credit card size to fit easily into a wallet or pocket.

When dining out, do you wonder what foods on the menu are heart healthy, or how much to eat of a typical restaurant-sized portion? This pocket guide is a convenient, compact reference to help you make healthy decisions when you're at restaurants, cafeterias, supermarket deli counters, or any time you're eating outside your home. Provides information on how meals and snacks fit within your overall diet, offers tips to help identify heart healthy dishes in various types of restaurants, and highlights healthier menu options with less fat and calories. Order your pocket guide now, and take the guess work out of eating healthy on the go.

Aim for a Healthy Weight: Portion Distortion Quiz (10-7413)

This quiz will help you learn how portion sizes today compare with the portions available 20 years ago. Take the quiz and check your answers on the back. Great for employee wellness programs, health fairs, and other community events.

Asthma Action Plan (07-5251)

With the help of your doctor, use this plan to write down how to manage your asthma on a daily basis and during an attack. Look on the back for a list of possible asthma triggers and ways to avoid them.

Asthma and Physical Activity in the School (12-3651)

Newly revised in 2012! This easy-to-read booklet is perfect for teachers, coaches, and families who want to help students with asthma take part in sports and physical activities. Discusses how to help students control their asthma and follow an asthma action plan. Also explains how to manage asthma triggers, ensure students have access to their asthma medicines, recognize worsening asthma symptoms and take action, and modify activities based on a child's asthma status. Includes sample asthma action plans and information about using a peak flow meter, metered-dose inhaler, and dry powder inhaler.

Asthma Care Quick Reference: Diagnosing and Managing Asthma (12-5075)

The purpose of the Asthma Care Quick Reference Guide is to improve the quality of care and outcomes for people who have asthma by providing health care providers with the tools and information they need to carry out each of the key steps in appropriately diagnosing, treating, and providing long-term follow-up to people with asthma. The Guide puts at clinicians' fingertips the most salient information they need to diagnosis, treat, and monitor their patients' asthma and provide state-of-the-art care. Its streamlined easy use format provides condensed charts and bulleted lists that present a detailed yet readable summary of the current clinical recommendations from the Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, along with practical tips for educating patients.

Asthma Tip Sheets (13-ASTHMA-TS)

These easy-to-read guides are perfect for patients, caregivers, educators, and health care professionals. Step-by-step tip sheets provide instructions for proper use and cleaning of common asthma devices, including dry powder inhalers, metered-dose inhalers with spacers, nebulizers, and peak flow meters. Additionally, an informative guide to asthma triggers describes ways to reduce exposure to triggers, including indoor and outdoor allergens and irritants. These resources are printable and patient-friendly, which makes them an essential addition to any asthma resource library.

ATP III At-A-Glance: Quick Desk Reference (01-3305)

Note: On November 12, 2013, new clinical practice guidelines on this topic were published online by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). You can find the "2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults" by clicking here.

This health professional reference outlines cholesterol management in a sequence of easy-to-follow steps.

The Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program issued an evidence-based set of guidelines on cholesterol management in 2001 (Executive Summary published in JAMA, 2001;285:2486-2497). Since the publication of ATP III, 5 major clinical trials of statin therapy with clinical end points have been published. These trials addressed issues that were not examined in previous clinical trials of cholesterol-lowering therapy. The present document reviews the results of these recent trials and assesses their implications for cholesterol management.

Cardiovascular Risk in the Cambodian Community (56-130N)

This report presents focus group findings from interviews conducted in the Cambodian community of Lowell, Massachusetts. The NHLBI worked in partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum and Lowell Community Health Center to learn about the state of cardiovascular health knowledge and health behaviors of Cambodians. Other information presented in this report include strategies for developing culturally appropriate heart disease prevention programs as well as community health assessment tools.

Cardiovascular Risk in the Filipino Community (56-114N)

This report presents focus group findings from interviews conducted in the Filipino communities of Daly City and San Francisco, California. The NHLBI worked in partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum and West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center to learn about the state of cardiovascular health knowledge and health behaviors of Filipinos. Other information presented in this report include strategies for developing culturally appropriate heart disease prevention programs as well as language-appropriate community health assessment tools.

Cardiovascular Risk in the Vietnamese Community (56-115N)

This report presents focus group findings from interviews conducted in the Vietnamese community of Houston, Texas. The NHLBI worked in partnership with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the Research and Development Institute to learn about the state of cardiovascular health knowledge and health behaviors of the Vietnamese. Other information presented in this report include strategies for developing culturally appropriate heart disease prevention programs as well as community health assessment tools.

COPD Learn More, Breathe Better: Are You at Risk? (13-5840)

Learn more about COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and breathe better! This easy to read fact sheet provides a snapshot of COPD for people who might be at risk. It defines the disease, identifies who is at risk, and describes the symptoms. Includes a description of the diagnostic test for COPD: spirometry. Appropriate to disseminate to the news media, campaign partners, and consumer audiences to increase awareness of COPD.

Learn more about COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and breathe better! For people living with COPD, this publication provides up-to-date information on taking action to breathe better, manage symptoms and get appropriate treatment. A full-color illustration depicts the affects of COPD in the lung. Appropriate to disseminate to the news media, campaign partners, and consumer audiences to increase awareness of COPD.

Family physicians have an important role to play in the diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in the United States today. This laminated, handy and durable bookmark sized reference tool provides primary care physicians with clear information on risk factors, symptoms, how to differentiate between COPD and asthma, and more. Early detection and effective treatment depend on accurate diagnosis.

COPD National Action Plan (17-HL-8031)

The COPD National Action Plan is the first-ever blueprint for a multi-faceted, unified fight against the disease. Developed at the request of Congress with input from the broad COPD community, it provides a comprehensive framework for action by those affected by the disease and those who care about reducing its burden.

COPD National Action Plan At-A-Glance (56-585N)

COPD: Learn More Breathe Better Poster (56-360N)

This poster/print is a valuable resource for use in raising awareness of COPD. Text says "If you're struggling for air, listen to your lungs it could be COPD. See your doctor right away. With early diagnosis and treatment, this serious lung disease can be managed so you can breathe better and enjoy life more."

Provides recipes for 26 popular easy to prepare taste-tested Latino dishes created in a heart healthy style (lower in fat and sodium than traditional versions). Includes heart healthy food substitutions, food safety, a glossary of international terms for Latino cuisine, and nutrient analyses.

Enjoy Living Smoke Free (bilingual English, Vietnamese) (14-5204)

This Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts tip sheet is translated into Vietnamese and English. This tip sheet explains the effect that tobacco use can have on the body, discusses ways to quit smoking, and explains the importance of quitting smoking in preventing heart disease.

This Report synthesizes the available scientific evidence on sickle cell disease and offers guidance to busy primary care clinicians. The purpose of the Report and accompanying Quick Guide (56-364N) is to help people living with sickle cell disease receive appropriate care by providing the best science-based recommendations to primary care clinicians and other medical professionals.

This Quick Guide provides an overview of sickle cell disease treatment recommendations from the full Evidence-Based Management of Sickle Cell Disease Expert Panel Report, 2014 (56-364NFULL). The purpose of the report and Quick Guide is to help people living with sickle cell disease receive appropriate care by providing the best science-based recommendations to primary care clinicians and other medical professionals.

Please make note online file may slightly differ from current hard copy material.

Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents Full Report (12-7486)

The Expert Panel Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents contain recommendations based on a systematic evidence review and are directed towards all primary pediatric care providers - pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered dietitians. By addressing the major population-based risk factors for CVD in a single evidence-based set of Guidelines, the aim is to support pediatric care providers in optimizing CV health in infancy, early childhood, and adolescence with a goal to deliver them to adulthood free of CVD risk factors.

The Full Report contains complete background information on the state of the science, methodology of the evidence review and the guideline development process, summaries of the evidence reviews by risk factor, discussion of the Expert Panel's rationale for recommendations, and more than 1,000 citations from the published literature.

Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents Summary Report (12-7486A)

The Expert Panel Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents contain recommendations based on a systematic evidence review and are directed towards all primary pediatric care providers – pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered dietitians. By addressing the major population-based risk factors for CVD in a single evidence-based set of Guidelines, the aim is to support pediatric care providers in optimizing CV health in infancy, early childhood, and adolescence with a goal to deliver them to adulthood free of CVD risk factors.

The Summary Report presents the Expert Panel recommendations for patient care relative to CV health and risk factor detection and management. It begins with a state-of-the-science synopsis of the evidence that atherosclerosis begins in childhood and that the extent of atherosclerosis is linked directly to the presence and intensity of known risk factors. This is followed by the "Cardiovascular Health Schedule" which summarizes the Expert Panel's age-based recommendations by risk factor in a one-page periodic table. Risk factor specific sections follow, with the graded conclusions of the evidence review, normative tables and age-specific recommendations. These are often accompanied by Supportive Actions which represent expert consensus suggestions from the panel provided to support implementation of the recommendations.

The EPR--3 Summary Report 2007, provides key information from the full report on the diagnosis and management of asthma. Summary information is provided on measures of assessment and monitoring, education for a partnership in asthma care, control of environmental factors and comorbid conditions that affect asthma, and medications. Key tables and figures from the full report are included for easy reference.

This Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts tip sheet is translated into Vietnamese and English. This tip sheet explains the heart health benefits of proper nutrition and ways to prepare healthier, traditional meals are included in this tip sheet.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with heart disease. Explains how the heart works, the nature of heart disease, and what risk factors may impact whether you develop heart disease. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to maintain heart health for all members. In English and Tagalog.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Heart, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with the health risks of smoking. Provides helpful tips and support on breaking the smoking habit. In English and Tagalog.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Heart, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with cholesterol. Explains the difference between good and bad cholesterol, what constitutes a high level of cholesterol and the risk that carries, and how your family can develop a plan to lower cholesterol. In English and Tagalog.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with high blood pressure. Explains how this risk factor impacts your chances of developing heart disease. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to maintain heart health for all members. In English and Tagalog.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Heart, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with overweight and obesity. Explains how to know if you need to lose weight for your health, and steps to help you lose weight. Provides ideas on how your family work together to achieve healthy weights. In English and Tagalog.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Heart, Healthy Family", that presents important information about a specific risk factor for heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Filipinos. This booklet deals with diabetes. Explains the dangers of Type 2 diabetes, and what risk factors you need to monitor to prevent and treat this disease. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to prevent or control diabetes. In English and Tagalog.

Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker’s Manual for the Filipino Community (English/Tagalog) (08-6339)

This 12-session program helps families in the Filipino community acquire life skills that foster heart health. The manual includes scripts and training tips to guide community health workers. Each session is filled with issue-oriented interactive learning activities. Designed to be used with the picture cards (08-6341).

This 12-session program helps families in the Filipino community acquire life skills that foster heart health. This excellent illustrated teaching tool acompanies the manual for community health workers. It includes colorfully illustrated picture cards and stand with scripts in English and Tagalog to reinforce the key messages. Designed to be used with the community health worker manual (08-6339); but can also be used alone for talks on heart health.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. Explains how the heart works, the nature of heart disease, and what risk factors may affect whether you develop heart disease. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to maintain heart health for all members. In English and Spanish.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. This booklet deals with cholesterol. Explains the difference between "good" and "bad" cholesterol, what constitutes a high level of cholesterol and the risk that carries, and how your family can develop a plan to lower cholesterol. In English and Spanish.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. This booklet deals with overweight and obesity. Explains how to know whether you need to lose weight for your health, and steps to help you lose weight. Provides ideas on how your family can work together to achieve healthy weights. In English and Spanish.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. This booklet deals with the health risks of smoking. Provides helpful tips and support on breaking the smoking habit. In English and Spanish.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. This booklet deals with high blood pressure. Explains what blood pressure numbers mean, and what risk factors you need to monitor to prevent and treat this dangerous condition. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to prevent or control high blood pressure. In English and Spanish.

This booklet is part of a series called "Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes" that presents important information about heart disease in a user-friendly and clear manner for Latinos. This booklet deals with diabetes. Explains the dangers of type 2 diabetes and what risk factors you need to monitor to prevent and treat this disease. Provides ideas on how your family can develop a plan to prevent or control diabetes. In English and Spanish.

Heart Attack: Know the Symptoms. Take Action. Wallet Card (11-3667)

This updated wallet-sized card gives brief reminders of heart attack warning symptoms, steps to take if symptoms occur, and the importance of acting quickly. Offers space to write in current medications and key phone numbers as an easy reference for both the patient and emergency care providers. Great for health fairs, information centers, and health care providers too.

Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style (08-3792)

Prepare your favorite African American dishes in ways that protect you and your family from heart disease and stroke. This cookbook provides recipes for 26 tested and tasty favorite African American dishes. Recipes give nutrient analyses that include carbohydrates and protein. Also covers heart healthy food substitutions and food safety.

High Blood Cholesterol - What You Need to Know (05-3290)

This publication for patients and the general public is based on the most recent clinical guidelines and findings on cholesterol testing and management. Find out what your cholesterol numbers mean and what treatment your doctor may prescribe to help lower your cholesterol level. Includes a tool to estimate the risk of having a heart attack, and outlines ways to reduce risk. Laminated to hold up through many uses.

High Blood Pressure and Children: What Parents Need to Know (12-7817)

Did you know that children can have high blood pressure? The number of children with high blood pressure is growing. The sooner high blood pressure is diagnosed in children, the sooner it can be treated. Published jointly by the National Kidney Disease Education Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.

Hispanic Community Health Study Data Book (13-7951)

This report presents results of prevalence data on a variety of health topics based on the first examination of participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos conducted from 2008 - 2011. The NHLBI sponsored study, with support from 6 other NIH Institutes, was conducted among Hispanic/Latino groups from the Bronx, NY; Chicago, IL; Miami FL; and San Diego CA. The report, presented in both English and Spanish, describes health conditions and health status by age and sex and by background group.

Honoring the Gift of Heart Health Visuals and Handouts (03-5220)

Contains 48 full color graphics based on the Honoring the Gift of Heart Health educational booklets for American Indians and Alaskan Natives suitable for handouts and takeaways for participants. Available in MS PowerPoint format as well.

Honoring the Gift of Heart Health: A Heart Health Educator's Manual for American Indians (06-5218)

A comprehensive culturally appropriate, user-friendly 10 lesson course on heart-health education for the American Indian community. Filled with skill-building activities, reproducible handouts, and idea starters. Two appendices cover activities for training Heart Health Educators to implement the program, and An American Indian Family's Journey to heart health, told with heart healthy recipes for each family member's favorite foods. Cover, spine, and 3-hole punched text is ready to assemble in a 1-inch binder.

How Asthma Friendly Is Your Childcare Setting? (56-034N)

This checklist is a seven-item list in a scorecard format that can be used by parents and child-care providers to help pinpoint specific areas that may cause problems for children with asthma. It is accompanied by an extensive list of organizations that can serve as useful resources to child-care staff to make asthma-friendly changes in their environment. Available in English and Spanish.

How Asthma-Friendly Is Your School? (55-830)

Updated in 2013! This two-page resource for parents and school staff will help you determine how well your school serves students who have asthma. The questionnaire helps identify actions your school is taking to support students who have asthma, along with sources of problems in the school that can make asthma management more difficult. An extensive resource list offers guidance in making school policies and practices more asthma-friendly. Available in English and Spanish.

In Brief: Your Guide to Anemia (11-7629A)

This condensed version of Your Guide to Anemia provides an overview of anemia in general causes, risk, diagnosis, and treatment. Touches on the major types of anemia: iron-deficiency, pernicious, aplastic and hemolytic. Contains section on healthy lifestyle, working with your doctor and talking with your family.

In Brief: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (11-5800)

Updated in 2011. Critical messages taken from the "Your Guide to Healthy Sleep" publication are placed within this easy-to-read fact sheet. Includes tips for getting enough sleep and information about sleep and driving and dealing with jet lag. Also addresses sleep disorders.

In Brief: Your Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease (06-5716)

Critical messages taken from the "Your Guide to Living well with Heart Disease" publication are placed within this easy-to-read fact sheet. Includes information to help heart disease patients continue living a healthy lifestyle and prevent further heart complications.

A condensed version of "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH" this easy-to-read fact sheet includes an overview of DASH research findings and suggestions on how to start and stick with a eating plan.

In Brief: Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart (06-5847)

Know you should be more physically active, but are confused concerned, or just cannot get started? This In Brief version of the full booklet "Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart," uses science-based information to help adults develop a safe and effective program of physical activity that can be sustained. Find out about the importance of physical activity in reducing heart disease risk, and how to begin or maintain an activity program that is right for you!

In Brief: Your Guide to von Willebrand Disease (08-5849)

A brochure for patients and the public. Explains various types of von Willebrand Disease and their causes. Presents easy-to-understand information on symptoms, test and treatments. Answers frequently asked questions. Discusses special considerations for women who may have the condition.

Is the Asthma Action Plan Working? A Tool for School Nurse Assessment (08-ASTHMAPLANWORKING)

This brief assessment tool offers guidance to school nurses in determining how well an asthma action plan is working for a student. It includes information about good asthma control and a checklist of assessment items. This tool can also be used by asthma educators, primary care providers and asthma specialists.

Keep the Beat Recipe Card - couscous (56-326N)

Keep the Beat Recipe Card - Edamame Stew (56-328N)

Availability: Hardcopy only Publication Date: 01/2009

Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals (10-7531)

This Keep the Beat cookbook contains 40 recipes developed just for the NHLBI, with full-color design throughout and original food photographs. The focus is on family-friendly meals and snacks and getting children involved in meal preparation with their caregivers. Dishes such as Baked Eggrolls, Mexican Lasagna, Oatmeal Pecan Waffles, and Wow-y Maui Pasta Salad are sure to please most family members. The cookbook also includes information on cooking, nutrition, and feeding children (including picky eaters).

Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners (10-2921)

A brand new version of the popular Keep the Beat classic cookbook has a new look-with 75 new deliciously healthy recipes, beautiful full-color design throughout, and original food photographs. The focus is on heart healthy dinner entrees and side dishes, influenced by Asian, Latino, Mediterranean, and American cuisines. With dishes such as Thai-Style Chicken Curry, Greek-Style Flank Steak With Tangy Yogurt Sauce, Edamame Stew, and Cinnamon-Glazed Baby Carrots, the new cookbook is sure to please a variety of people.

Learn What a Heart Attack Feels Like—It Could Save Your Life (11-5062)

This fact sheet describes heart attack warning symptoms and how to take action if you are having any. Written in plain language with extensive graphics. Designed for low-literacy audiences, but useful, easy-to-understand information for all health consumers and caregivers.

Management of Asthma Exacerbations: School Treatment Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting When a Nurse is Not Available (08-EMERPRONONURSE)

The Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting can be used by state or districts school health services directors or coordinators along with local asthma care providers and emergency care providers as a framework for the development of a local standard protocol that is written for appropriate staff in local schools. The Steps to Follow are designed for non-nursing staff such as classroom teachers.

Management of Asthma Exacerbations: School Treatment Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting When a Nurse is Not Available Poster (08-EMERPRONONURSEP)

Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting Poster Version may be used as a summary poster that can be displayed in classrooms and other sites where non-nursing school staff may need to assist students with asthma.

Management of Asthma Exacerbations: School Treatment Suggested Emergency Nursing Protocol for Students with Asthma Who Don't Have a Personal Asthma Action Plan (08-EMERGPROTASTHM)

Ideally a school nurse is available for emergency care at all times and would use a nursing protocol. This Suggested Emergency Nursing Protocol can be used by state or district school health services directors or coordinators along with local asthma care providers and emergency care providers as a framework for the development of a local standard protocol that is written for appropriately trained staff who will be responsible for implementing the protocol in local schools.

Managing Asthma: A Guide for Schools (2014 Edition) (14-2650)

A Guide for Schools revised in 2014! This guide provides school personnel with guidance on practical ways to implement effective asthma management in school settings. Recognizing that all school staff have a role to play in supporting students who have asthma, the guide includes recommendations for principals/administrators, school nurses, health aides, teachers, coaches, guidance counselors, facilities/maintenance staff, and more. It also offers suggestions and tools for partnering with parents, health care providers, and others in the community to improve asthma management in the school. The guide is packed with reproducible educational materials, along with resources for finding more information about asthma and asthma management.

Availability: Hardcopy and Online Publication Date: 10/2017

My Asthma Wallet Card (14-5245)

This handy wallet card for patients includes information on common warning signs of an asthma attack and questions to discuss with your doctor. It also provides space to record your asthma action plan, peak flow, and medicines.

My Blood Pressure Wallet Card (13-5068)

I can do it! is the message of this handy card that helps patients monitor their blood pressure readings, remember to take their medications, and keep up the lifestyle changes that will help lower their blood pressure. Reminds patients that they are the key to controlling their own blood pressure.

National Asthma Control Initiative: Keeping Airways Open (Fact Sheet) (10-7541)

A 2-page summary of the National Asthma Control Initiative's program. The NACI is a multi-component, mobilizing, and action-oriented initiative to engage diverse stakeholders who are concerned about or involved in improving asthma control. Its ultimate aim is to align the asthma care that patients receive with evidence-based recommendations from two reports published by the NAEPP: the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3) and its companion Guidelines Implementation Panel (GIP). The NACI is bringing together organizations from local, State, regional, and national levels so that they can share best practices, pool and direct resources, and identify new directions and learning opportunities.

National Asthma Control Initiative: Keeping Airways Open - Take Action: Stop Asthma Today! What You Can Do, NOW (10-7542)

Who can make the difference between a life controlled by asthma, and a life where asthma is under control? This booklet provides an interest in asthma with an action guide built around the NACI's six priority action messages that will enable patients to manage their care, clinicians to treat their asthma patients effectively, and others to contribute to the effort to better manage asthma.

NHLBI Flashing Heart Pin (56-097N)

Availability: Hardcopy only Publication Date: 01/2005

On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans (08-5829)

A culturally appropriate educational booklet for African Americans on heart healthy living. In an easy-to-read format, the booklet provides concise information on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains heart attack signs and how to respond to them, as well as how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking. Includes an action plan and tip sheet.

Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) DVD (56-285N)

This DVD for PACE program leaders covers communication and patient education techniques for physicians to foster good asthma control skills in pediatric patients and their families. It is formatted for ease of use during PACE seminars and complements other elements of the PACE program for physicians. Contains four sets of vignettes demonstrating physician-patient interactions in an office practice responding to different asthma learning needs.

The DVD does not contain the leader training videos, Power Point slides, speaker’s notes, and participant handouts that are only available on the PACE Web site (http://www.asthma.umich.edu/index.html). These cover other aspects of the PACE program, including classification, monitoring, and stepwise treatment plans for asthma and case presentations.

Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure (bilingual English, Vietnamese) (14-5201)

This Vietnamese Aspire for Healthy Hearts tip sheet is translated into Vietnamese and English. It describes heart disease and associated risk factors for heart disease. This tip sheet explains what high blood pressure is, how to read the numbers, and ways to keep it down.

Public Health in Public Housing: Improving Health, Changing Lives (56-079N)

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), DHHS, hosted the Education Strategy Development Workshop: Public Health in Public Housing - Improving Health, Changing Lives on May 5 and 6, 2004. The purpose of the Workshop was to have both public health and public housing professionals share intervention strategies they have found to be successful in engaging public housing residents in community-based activities for health and community development. The Workshop focused on ways to control asthma and improve the cardiovascular health of residents in public housing settings. The outcome of the workshop was the development of four innovative public health in public housing frameworks to inform future public health CVD and asthma programming efforts in public housing settings.

This poster conveys the message that Heart Disease Doesn't Care What You Wear/Al Corazon No Le Importa Como Te Vistes. It features an eye-catching collection of women affected by heart disease. It showcases the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness, and is great for public awareness. English on one side, Spanish on the other.

Recipe Card - Summer Breeze Smoothie (56-358N)

Recipe Card - Zesty Tomato Soup (56-359N)

Reference Card from the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) (03-5231)

New Hypertension Guidelines Quick Reference Card Will Stand Up to Thousands of Glances Tack it on the records station bulletin board. Snap it on a clipboard. We've designed this card for the rush and punishment of the active clinic. The laminated card includes at-a-glance versions of essential JNC 7 evaluation changes, new treatment algorithm, and compelling indications for individual drug classes. Get this card for those who don't have time to stop to consult the Evidence Report during treatment hours.

This document summarizes the results of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute hosted 2-day Strategy Development Workshop on Awareness of Sickle Cell Disease held September 2-3, 2009, in Bethesda, Maryland.

So You Have Asthma: A Guide for Patients and Their Families (13-5248)

Your one-stop source for the latest information on controlling your asthma, this guide offers practical suggestions to help you manage this chronic disease. In an easy-to-read format, it offers asthma basics, lists of asthma triggers and how to avoid them, how asthma medicines work and how to take them, tools to help keep asthma under control, and how to communicate with your health care providers to make asthma management part of your everyday life. The guide also includes an asthma action plan to fill in, an asthma assessment checklist, and a list of additional resources.

Stay in Circulation (PAD) DVD (56-173A)

This DVD features the stories of three individuals who were recently diagnosed with P.A.D. The DVD answers key questions about P.A.D. and provides information about signs, symptoms, and risk factors. It is designed for use at community-based informational events and in health care provider offices and other health care settings.

Stay in circulation! This colorful 6-page trifold fact sheet provides easy to read information on peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.), a condition that affects one out of every 20 Americans over the age of 50. P.A.D. raises your risk for stroke and heart attack. Find out who is at risk for P.A.D., how it is diagnosed and treated. Learn about steps you can take to reduce your risk of P.A.D. Provides you with questions to ask your physician to help assess your risk for P.A.D.

Stay in circulation! This colorful 6 page trifold fact sheet provides easy to read information on Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), as it relates to African Americans. PAD is a condition that affects one out of every 20 Americans over the age of 50. PAD raises your risk for stroke and heart attack. Find out who is at risk for PAD, how it is diagnosed and treated. Learn about steps you can take to reduce your risk of PAD. Provides you with questions to ask your physician to help assess your risk for PAD.

Stay in Circulation: Take Steps To Learn About P.A.D. Wallet Card (07-6145)

This handy card is sized perfectly to slip into a wallet and carry to your doctor's office. Provides information about peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.), its risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options, plus questions to ask your doctor to help assess your risk. Also includes space to record important health numbers, such as ABI results and blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels.

This data book contains data from the baseline examination on the prevalence of major risk factors of CVD in American Indian men and women ages 45-74 in the American Indian communities from the three centers that participate in the Strong Heart Study.

The Full Report provides the complete and authoritative presentation on the causes, diagnosis and treatment of the common, inherited bleeding disorder known as von Willebrand Disease. This is the first-ever evidence-based presentation by NHLBI on this topic, and the first ever prepared in the United States. Deals with initial screening, diagnosis, and management for patients with the disorder; along with directions for future research and recommendations for training for health professionals.

The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents (05-5267)

This new research provides a comprehensive review for clinicians on the latest scientific evidence regarding high blood pressure in children, along with recommendations for diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of hypertension based on available evidence and consensus expert opinion of the working group when evidence was lacking. The report was also initially published in Pediatrics, 2004;114:555-576 . Also available in Palm OS format. See also: Working Group Members Financial Disclosure of working group member

The Heart Truth for African American Women: Take Action to Protect Your Heart Fact Sheet (16-5066)

This handout gives the facts and figures on heart disease in African American women. It offers five starting steps to lower heart disease risk through a heart healthy lifestyle. Includes 10 key questions every woman should ask her doctor about heart health.

This 1-page handout gives the facts about heart disease in the U.S. Latino community, and offers guidance on how to live a healthier lifestyle. Includes sources of additional information specifically for Latinas. Also available in Spanish.

The Heart Truth for Women Core Brochure (14-5206)

This patient brochure features women telling their own stories about heart disease and provides information about risk factors and a checklist of key questions to ask the doctor. Also available in Spanish.

The Heart Truth for Women Speakers Kit 2010 (10-5208)

This speakers kit is an important tool offered by The Heart Truth Campaign to promote awareness of heart disease among women. The kit contains everything needed to conduct a 1-hour session on women and heart disease. Includes a speaker's guide with accompanying DVD, wallet cards, and poster to promote your session. By offering this session at your place of worship, a health fair, club meeting, workplace, or local hospital, you can make a difference in women's lives in your community.

The Heart Truth for Women: Learn About Heart Disease (14-5225)

If you have heart disease, or think you do, it is vital to take action to protect your heart health. Fortunately, there is a lot you can do. This fact sheet gives you the key steps, including how to survive a heart attack and prevent serious damage to heart muscle. Caring for your heart is worth the effort. Use the information here to start today to take charge of your heart health.

The Heart Truth for Women: Take Action to Protect Your Heart (16-5226)

Good news! Heart disease is a problem you can do something about. This fact sheet will help you find out your personal risk of heart disease. Then, it will show you how you take steps to improve your heart health and reduce your chances of developing heart disease.

Heart Disease is the #1 killer of American women and physical inactivity is one of several major risk factors. This 1-page tip sheet offers simple ideas on how to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine.

Heart Disease is the #1 killer of American women. Risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and being overweight all increase your personal risk of developing heart disease. A healthy diet can help lower or control these risk factors. This 1-page tip sheet offers five simple ideas on how to incorporate healthy eating into your daily routine.

The Heart, The Drum: Strengthening the Heartbeat of American Indians and Native Alaskans DVD (56-017N)

Now available on DVD! This 10-minute motivational video focuses on the problem of cardiovascular disease in Native American and Alaska Native people and how they can deal with the major risk factors for it. It is filmed with people from the tribal communities of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, the Ponca in Oklahoma, and the Bristol Bay area in Alaska, but it is appropriate for use with all tribes. It is an effective educational tool for all health promotion and disease prevention activities, including school health classes, hospital and clinic waiting rooms, patient and group classes, and community health fairs.

The Jackson Heart Study Data Book (08-5848)

The Jackson Heart Study, conducted in the Jackson, Mississippi, metropolitan area, is the first large-scale study of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African Americans. This data book presents in lay language the results of the study. It also provides health information for all African Americans about CVD, its risk factors, and ways to prevent and control the disease.

The Management of Sickle Cell Disease (04-2117)

Updated and expanded. The recently published (2002) fourth edition of this clinical guide for health care professionals, developed by leading pediatricians, nurses, hematologists, and internists, summarizes collective experiences with various therapeutic regimens. Includes a new section on Diagnosis and Counseling, with information on Neonatal Screening, Genetic Counseling, Web listings, and other useful resources. Reflects the most recent advances and modifications in the clinical management of sickle cell disease as well as findings from the Preoperative Transfusion Study, Prophylactic Penicillin Trial II, Multi-center Hydroxyurea Study, and epidemiological data from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

The NHLBI Strategic Vision (16-HL-6150)

The Strategic Visioning booklet is a 51 page document that outlines the NHLBI’s Strategic Research Priorities for the next decade. A broad circle of partners contributed to the Strategic Visioning process and the plan will serve as an ongoing source of scientific inspiration for NHLBI-solicited research programs and may also serve as inspiration for the scientific community at large.

The Red Dress Pin (56-075N)

The primary goal of The Heart Truth campaign is to raise awareness of heart disease in women. In 2002, The Heart Truth launched the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. The Red Dress Pin supports the message, "Heart Disease Doesn't Care What You Wear." Features a delicate heart accent on red enamel. Measures 1 inch tall. The Red Dress Pin is now available at WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, a partner of The Heart Truth.

Think Tank on Enhancing Obesity Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Full Report (04-5249)

Overweight and obesity affect all segments of the population at alarming rates. This document summarizes the findings of a 2-day think tank conducted by NHLBI in March 2003. This session brought together leading experts on the issue from the academic, consumer and professional communities.

Think Tank on Enhancing Obesity Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Executive Summary (04-OBESTHINKEXSUMM)

Overweight and obesity affect all segments of the population at alarming rates. This document summarizes the findings of a 2-day think tank conducted by NHLBI in March 2003. This session brought together leading experts on the issue from the academic, consumer and professional communities. This Executive Summary highlights key conclusions of the Think Tank on the magnitude of the problem, and the relationship of obesity to heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.

Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III, or ATP III) presents the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) updated recommendations on cholesterol testing and management. The ATP III document is an evidence-based report that provides the scientific rationale for the recommendations contained in the Executive Summary.

This publication for health professionals summarizes recommendations derived from the evidence-based full clinical guidelines. Key tables and figures from the full report are included for easy reference.

Tips to Weight Loss Success Patient Tablet (02-5210)

Help your patient achieve a safe, effective weight. Here's a useful tool to help start and sustain an effective weight management program. Based on the latest scientific evidence on the treatment of overweight patients, this 30 sheet tablet can support treatment programs by giving health care professionals an effective patient education piece to take home and use. Each sheet contains general tips and an interactive form to create a personalized weight and health profile for the patient.

We Can DVD (56-298N)

This DVD is a group of Public Service Announcements or PSAs to promote We Can!'s three key behaviors: eating right, being more active, and reducing screen time to help children maintain a healthy weight.

Availability: Hardcopy only Publication Date: 01/2007

We Can Post Card - Fun (56-340N)

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and entire communities a way to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

Research shows that parents and caregivers are the primary influence on this age group. The We Can! national education program provides parents and caregivers with tools, fun activities, and more to help them encourage healthy eating, increased physical activity, and reduced time sitting in front of the screen (TV or computer) in their entire family.

Availability: Hardcopy only Publication Date: 01/2005

We Can Poster 4 Pack (56-337N)

These attractive posters can help you promote We Can! programming in your community center or doctor’s office!

Availability: Hardcopy only Publication Date: 01/2005

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children Activity and Nutrition) - Curriculum for Parents and Caregivers (05-WECANCURRICULUM)

We Can! Energize Our Families: Curriculum for Parents and Caregivers, is a six-lesson curriculum with dynamic activities for parents to encourage a healthy weight in their family. The core concept explored is "energy balance," or the long-term balance between ENERGY IN (calories from food) and ENERGY OUT (calories burned through activity). In a fun and hands-on way, the lessons focus on helping participants learn essential skills that can help their families increase access and availability of healthy foods and make healthful food choices, become more physically active, and reduce recreational screen time. At the end of each lesson, participants are encouraged to try new nutrition and physical activity tips with their families over the next week. Participants later share their experiences trying the new behavior with the group.

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children Activity and Nutrition) Materials - Poster (05-5275)

This attractive poster can help you promote We Can! programming in your community center or doctor’s office! Space is available to add your organization name or local participation with the We Can! program and provides a reference to the We Can! Web site for additional information.

The EatPlayGrow curriculum combines the latest science and research from the NIH with CMOM's creative educational approach to teach kids and their parents how to make healthy nutrition and physical activity choices that are fun and easy to include in daily routines. The new program was adapted from the We Can! Energize Our Families Parent Program curriculum, which was originally geared to children ages 8-13. EatPlayGrow's interactive and engaging lessons incorporate art-making, storytelling, music and movement activities into fun, hands-on educational lessons about the importance of making positive choices in areas that most affect health: nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. Sections of the curriculum designed for parent distribution are also included in Spanish.

We Can! Energize Our Community: Toolkit for Action (05-5272)

This toolkit gives community planners a one-stop shop of planning tools, reproducible materials, and dynamic activities to help parents encourage a healthy weight in their families. The toolkit offers a six-course curriculum for parents focused on finding energy balance, increasing access and availability of healthy foods-, increasing physical activity, and reducing screen time. Community groups, health departments, and parks and recreation agencies can conduct local outreach and programming for parents, youth, and the community with the helpful tipsheets and assessment tools for working with local media and partners, and conducting community events to support the We Can! program. The kit can be downloaded in smaller component files if desired: Chapters 1 - 5 Appendix A, Part 1 Appendix A, Part 2 Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D.

We Can! Energize Our Families: A Family Guide (07-5839)

This workbook contains all of the handouts and activity sheets that are used during the four sessions of the We Can! parent program. The handouts are designed to reinforce the parent program core concept of energy balance, or the long-term balance between energy in (calories from food) and energy out (calories burned through activity). The handouts also can be used at home to help parents and caregivers with planning meals, creating healthy grocery lists, saving money while eating healthily, and tracking their family's physical activity and screen time. Community planners may wish to order copies to provide to program participants. All of the handouts included in this family guide are available in the appendix of the We Can! Energize Our Families: Parent Program: A Leader's Guide curriculum.

This guide provides a four lesson curriculum (90 minutes per lesson) with dynamic activities for parents to encourage a healthy weight in their family. The core concept of energy balance is emphasized, i.e., the longterm balance between energy in (calories from food) and energy out (calories burned through activity). The lessons are fun and hands-on, with a focus on helping participants learn essential skills that can help their families increase access to and availability of healthy foods, make healthful food choices, become more physically active, and reduce recreational screen time. Participants are encouraged to try new nutrition and physical activity tips with their families, and they are then asked to share their experiences of trying the new behaviors with the group. NOTE - NHLBI encourages all customers who order the We Can Leader Guide to also order 10 copies of the We Can Family Guide, which can be distributed to your friends, neighbors, co-workers, patients, or others.

We Can! Families Finding the Balance: A Parent Handbook (08-5273)

Print PSAs to promote the We Can! program activities and programs that encourage improved nutritional choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time in youth ages 8 - 13. Downloadable files available in multiple formats and languages to be used in magazines, newsletters, and newspapers.

We Can!® (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition): Who Can Make it Happen? We Can! Brochure (05-5720)

Join parents from all across the country who are looking for ways to help their children attain and sustain a healthy weight. Through the We Can! program, parents learn practical tips to help families find the right balance of eating well and being physically active to maintain a healthy weight.

When Delicious Meets Nutritious: Recipes for Heart Health (15-5227)

Updated! Here's some terrific news: What's good for your heart is great for your taste buds. The recipes in this fact sheet show you don't have to lose flavor to gain health. Heart-healthy cooking simply means making dishes that are low in saturated fat, total fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Try mouthwatering dishes such as Mediterranean Kabobs and Edamame Stew.

With Every Heartbeat Is Life: A Community Health Worker’s Manual for African Americans (08-5844)

A 12-lesson course on heart health education specifically created for the African American community. Complete with activities, group idea starters, and reproducible handouts. Designed to be used with the picture cards (08-5843).

With Every Heartbeat Is Life: Picture Cards for Community Health Workers (08-5843)

Excellent educational leader tool includes colorfully illustrated flip chart pages and stand with talking points to reinforce key heart health prevention messages. Designed to be used with the community health worker manual (08-5844); but can also be used alone for talks on heart health.

Working Group Report on Problem Sleepiness (97-WGRPROBLEMSLEEPIN)

Although problem sleepiness and its consequences affect all segments of society to some extent, the working group selected the target audiences of (1) shift workers and (2) adolescents and young adults because there is evidence that the prevalence of problem sleepiness is high and increasing in these groups, with particularly serious consequences. Problem sleepiness in both these target groups and society in general is largely related to lifestyle, and data are strong enough to warrant directing educational messages to these groups.

Your Choice for Change - Honoring the Gift of Heart Health for American Indians (08-6340)

This easy-to-understand, culturally appropriate booklet for American Indians provides concise information about heart disease and its risk factors. Explains heart attack warning signs and how to respond to them, as well as how to prevent or manage heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, overweight and obesity, and smoking. Includes an action plan and tip sheet.

Your Guide to a Healthy Heart (06-5269)

Take charge of your heart health! This booklet, designed for both women and men, is an action plan for heart health. It provides up-to-date information and practical tips about establishing and maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle, including understanding the risk factors for heart disease, determining your risk, and establishing a plan for heart health. Perfect for sharing with family and friends.

Your Guide to Anemia (11-7629)

This booklet provides an overview of anemia for health consumers, covering causes, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment. Also addresses major types of anemia: iron-deficiency, pernicious, aplastic, and hemolytic. Contains section on healthy lifestyle, working with your doctor, and talking with your family.

Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (11-5271)

This patient booklet provides the latest science-based information about sleep. Learn about the types of sleep, common sleep myths, and practical tips for getting adequate sleep and coping with jet lag and nighttime shift work. This booklet also gives information on avoiding dangerous drowsy driving and an overview of certain sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and some parasomnias.

Need to lower your cholesterol? TLC (therapeutic lifestyle changes) is a set of tools you can use to get results. This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease. It explains how to follow the TLC diet (low in saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol), increase physical activity, and manage weight for people whose cholesterol level is above their goal. The guide includes helpful lists and charts, sample menus, a 10-year coronary heart disease risk calculator, and many tips for success. Make TLC part of your program for heart health.

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH (06-4082)

Get with the plan that is clinically proven to significantly reduce blood pressure! This updated booklet contains a week's worth of sample menus and recipes. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension(DASH) eating plan features plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and low in salt/sodium. Also contains additional information on weight loss and physical activity. For those interested in a condensed version on this topic, see "In Brief: Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH".

Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart (06-5714)

Do you know you should be more physically active, but are confused, concerned, or just can't get started? This guide uses science-based information to help adults develop safe and effective physical activity programs that can be sustained. Research indicates that regular, moderate physical activity will improve your heart health. Find out about the importance of physical activity in reducing heart disease risk, and how to begin or maintain an activity program that's right for you!

This activity guide is designed for community health educators to organize discussion-based activities for adults and seniors. These activities aim to increase the participants awareness of heart disease through a strategic public health model. Community members will review scenarios about heart disease risk and share personal experiences about living in a heart healthy way. Health educators can conduct these activities in clinics, community centers, schools, senior centers, parks, and even in someone's home. The key is to educate in fun, engaging ways. By the end of the discussions, the participants will have acquired the knowledge, self-confidence, and motivation to begin leading heart healthy lives.

This excellent teaching tool includes colorfully illustrated flip chart pages and tabletop stand, with pictures that are keyed to teaching activities in the promotores manual. As participants view each picture, talking points on the reverse side help the leader explain facts and reinforce key heart disease prevention messages. Can also be used alone for talks on heart health. Bilingual Spanish/English.

Designed to help promotores teach an 11-lesson course on heart health education specifically created for the Latino community. Lessons provide information for understanding, skill building, self-assessment, and goal-setting for healthy lifestyle changes. Includes culturally appropriate teaching scripts, learning activities, and reproducible handouts. Interactive activities use telenovelas, photonovelas, role play, problem-solving, and discussion. Latino role models and family contexts appear throughout. Designed to be used with the picture cards (08-3275). Available in Spanish and English.

Note: Session 2 requires the Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs Video, available on a compilation DVD.